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AWNING.

APPLICATION FILED 0011a, 1902.

- Fatented june 9, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY C. MARCUS, OF BOHEMIA, OREGON.

AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,677, dated June 9,1903. Application filed October 18, 1902. Serial R0. 127,787. (Nomodel.)

cially adapted to be placed in tunnels anddrifts in mines to prevent thewater from dripping from the roof upon persons working in the tunnel.

To this end it comprises a peculiarly-constructed collapsible frameformed of spring material, so that it may be arched upward and one sideedge engaged with the side of the tunnel and the other side engagedeither with the opposite side of the tunnel or with an extensiblesupporting bar, the awning thus constructed forming an effectivecovering for the workmen and shedding the water to the very sides of thetunnel.

This specification is an exact description of one example of myinvention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is abottom plan View of the awning. Fig. 2 is a view showingthe awning folded, and Fig. 3 is a reduced view illustrating the awningin use.

The framing of the awning is formed of two stout rails Ct and ct,between which extends the awning proper or the fabric 1), this fabrichaving its edges permanently connected to the side rails a and a. Theside rails ahave clamps 0 attached thereto. These clamps are preferablythree in number, and each clamp has an outward blade-like portion 0,adapted to impinge against the side of the tunnel, as indicated in Fig.3. Each clamp c has at its inner side an extension 0 these extensionsbeing adapted to have the collapsible framebars connected therewith, aswill be hereinafter fully described. Fastened to the side rail ct atpoints respectively opposite the clamps c are clamps d, which haveinward extensions d, the same as the extensions c before described.

At each end of the canopy is located a folding frame-bar formed of twosections 6, having a knuckle-joint 8 between them. These joints 6'permit the end frame-bars to fold inward in the manner indicated in Fig.2. The sections 6 of the end frame-bars are respectively in connectionwith the projections c and d of the end clamps c and d. Intermediate thelength of the awning a transverse frame-bar is located, which comprisesend sections f, respectively pivoted to the inward projections c and clof the intermediate clamps c and d. These end sections f are connectedby oppositely-disposed knucklejoints f to an intermediate section orlinkf This intermediate frame-bar thus constructed varies in the mannershown in Fig. 2- that is to say, one section f swings toward one end ofthe canopy, the other section swings toward the other end, and the linkf lies in the center, connecting the free ends of the section f.

In using the invention it is extended, as shown in Fig. 1, and thevarious parts of the cross frame-bars being constructed of springmaterial the awning is bowed transversely in the manner shown in Fig. 3,the spurs c being engaged against one side of the tunnel and theopposite side of the awning being allowed to engage against the otherside of the tunnel or against the supporting-beams. (Illustrated inFig.Thesebeams comprise a bottom section g and a top section g, havingguides g which slide on the section g. The top section g'is ratcheted,as shown. and the side rail a is adapted to be engaged with the ratchetsor teeth, so that the awning will be held securely at the properelevation. This supporting-bar may either be rested against the side ofthe tunnel, as shown in Fig. 3, or if the tunnel be too wide for theawning to reach across the supporting-bar may be driven down into theearth, so as to hold the outer side of the awning, or if the tunnel betoo wide for the awning to reach across the supportingbar may be placedwith one end on the bottom or floor and the other end against the sideof the roof of the tunnel, so as to hold the outer side of the awning.When the awning is not in use, it may be folded, as shown in Fig. 2, andconveniently transported from one place to another.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of myinvention may be resorted to at will without departing from the spiritand scope thereof. myself entitled to all such variations as may liewithin the intent of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent v 1. An awning, comprising side rails, a fabricattached to and extending between them, and cross frame-bars formed ofjointed sections connected to the side rails and lying in a planeparallel to that of the fabric, for the purpose specified.

2. An awning, comprising side rails, a fabric extending between them,cross frame-bars formed of jointed sections connected to the side rails,for the purpose specified, one of said cross frame-bars being formed ofend- Hence I consider side rails, for the purpose specified, one ofsaidcross frame-bars being formed of end sections pivotally connected to theside rails, and an intermediate section or link connected to the endsections by oppositely-disposed knuckles, and the'end frame-bars beingformed of two sections havinga knucklejoint connection between them.

4. The combination of an awning having spurs at one side to engage theside wall of a tunnel, and a supporting-bar adapted to be engaged by andto sustain the other side of the awning.

